We moved down from Hampton Court Palace on Saturday morning and moored above Teddington locks to wait for the tide and Si and Debs. There were a few light showers but when the sun was out it was lovely and warm. To start with the BBC weather forecast showed no rain at 18.00 but as the day went on it changed to heavy rain at 18.00!!!!! Si & Debs arrived at 14.30 and they treated us to a fathers day lunch at Carluccios in town- which was excellent.
We entered the smaller of the two locks at 17.45 and by the time we were ready to enter the tideway at 18.00 it was raining hard-DOH. Ah well here we go enjoy - there were six narrowboats doing the same trip to Brentford. By the time we reached Richmond Lock it had stopped completely -so only 35 minutes of rain- the rest of the journey was dry.Although it was a wee bit wet it still was a great trip.
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| Leaving the lock in the rain |
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| The crew Debs ,Si , me and her (its our first selfie) |
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| Looking up river from the footbridge,the Teddington lock is behind me and the large weir on the right |
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| Looking toward the 2 locks again from the footbridges- we used the left one |
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| The magnificent approach to Richmond on Thames |
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| The White Cross Inn Richmond - note the flag - now no rain and no wind either |
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| Approaching Richmond lock on the right,the sluices that keep the water level at a minimum of 5ft above here at low water have been raised so we don't have to go through the lock at the moment |
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| The small inlet that has The London Apprentice pub its on the left |
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| We have made the turn off the river which had already already started to go out and you needed to increase power for a short period to get into the entrance channel to Thames Lock which is now ahead of us. |
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| Looking back at Brentford Gauging lock which is electrically operated from our mooring- now back on the Grand Union Canal |
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| There was no room in the dock so we moored up against a CR&T work boat for the night |
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| Looking along the moored boats to the remaining warehouse which appears to be having some work done on it-hopefully a use can be found to keep a link to the areas past |
